NICARAGUA: Historic crucifix torched
A 400-year-old crucifix was set ablaze when Managua Cathedral suffered the latest in a series of anti-Christian…
PAKISTAN: Minorities denied housing in Muslim areas
Hard-liners in Pakistan are forcing Christians out of Muslim neighbourhoods and refusing to give them lodgings, according…
PAKISTAN: Breakthrough for Maira
A Christian mother in Pakistan has achieved a significant breakthrough in her struggle to win back her…
MOZAMBIQUE: World turns its back as crisis worsens
As the crisis caused by the jihadist incursion into northern Mozambique worsens, the international community is failing…
PAKISTAN: Court hope for abducted Catholic girl
ACN News Briefing The abductors of 15-year-old Catholic girl Huma Younus have been ordered to appear in…
UK & INTERNATIONAL: UK charity boosts Church’s COVID help in Bangladesh and beyond
PPE for priests and religious reaching out to some of the poorest families in Bangladesh forms part…
PAKISTAN: A lifeline for those on the breadline
A progress report on emergency aid dispatched at the height of the lockdown in Pakistan shows how…
SYRIA: Cathedral rises up from the ashes of persecution
A restored cathedral in Aleppo, which was bombed countless times, is to be officially re-opened – a…
PAKISTAN: Kidnapped Christian girl now pregnant from rape
A kidnapped Christian girl in Pakistan has phoned her parents to say she is pregnant after being…
INTERNATIONAL: Farewell to the fearless Good Samaritan
A priest, who is retiring from a leading Catholic charity after 14 years risking his life to…
NIGERIA: ‘Leah Sharibu must have been raped and forced to convert’
A Nigerian cleric close to the family of kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu has rejected rumours that the…
EU & MOZAMBIQUE: EU says Mozambique in danger of becoming new centre of jihadist extremism
Alarmed by jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique, the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs has called for…